Rumi's Masnavi - Verily, in Thy forbearance Thou hast thrown a veil over worse things (than those mentioned); otherwise (Thou mightst have declared them, for) Thou knowest with Thy knowledge (all my) shameful deeds;

Verily, in Thy forbearance Thou hast thrown a veil over worse things (than those mentioned); otherwise (Thou mightst have declared them, for) Thou knowest with Thy knowledge (all my) shameful deeds;

خود تو پوشیدی بترها را به حلم ** ورنه می‌دانی فضیحتها به علم

But, outside of my own exertion and action, beyond good and evil and religion and infidelity,

لیک بیرون از جهاد و فعل خویش ** از ورای خیر و شر و کفر و کیش

And beyond my feeble supplication and the fancy and imagination of myself or a hundred like me,

وز نیاز عاجزانه‌ی خویشتن ** وز خیال و وهم من یا صد چو من

Beyond living righteously or behaving disobediently—I had a (great) hope in Thy pure lovingkindness.

بودم اومیدی به محض لطف تو ** از ورای راست باشی یا عتو

I had hope in the pure bounty (flowing) from Thy spontaneous loving kindness, O Gracious Disinterested One. 1840

بخشش محضی ز لطف بی‌عوض ** بودم اومید ای کریم بی‌عوض

I turn my face back to that pure grace: I am not looking towards my own actions.

رو سپس کردم بدان محض کرم ** سوی فعل خویشتن می‌ننگرم

I turn my face towards that hope, for Thou hast given me existence older than of old.

سوی آن اومید کردم روی خویش ** که وجودم داده‌ای از پیش بیش

Thou gavest (me) existence, free of cost, as a robe of honour: I have always relied upon that (generosity).”

خلعت هستی بدادی رایگان ** من همیشه معتمد بودم بر آن

When he recounts his sins and trespasses, the Pure Bounty begins to show munificence,

چون شمارد جرم خود را و خطا ** محض بخشایش در آید در عطا

Saying, “O angels, bring him back to Us, for his inward eye has (ever) been (turned) towards hope. 1845

کای ملایک باز آریدش به ما ** که بدستش چشم دل سوی رجا